Crime Goes Down, Crime Goes Up

What could possibly be the reason why one of the richest counties in America saw crime increase by a staggering 22% in the first quarter of this year, while a neighbouring county saw theirs decline by 20%? If you guessed good luck/bad luck, then you would be wrong. Sort of...

Prince William County in Northern Virginia, a bedroom community for the nation's capital, made national news late last year with a crackdown on illegal immigration that supervisors believed was triggering higher crime and lower living standards.

Prince William County reported a 19.3 percent decline in crime, with chairman of the Board of County Supervisors Corey Stewart attributing the downturn to the hard line the county has taken toward illegal immigrants.

Meanwhile, next door in Fairfax County, with the highest property values of any county in America, reports crime up 22 percent in the first quarter.

I'm sure it's just a coincidence that Fairfax has seen a dramatic spike in crime this year, as I mentioned earlier, it's probably just bad luck.

Like a rollercoaster